Tracy Banner explains what makes a great beer.

Dopamine release makes us feel good but too much of a good thing can be bad too.

Kiwi Delwyn Moller returning home to use discoveries from space to help life in NZ

In central Otago is a tiny team of scientists analysing the data that concerns NZ.

Better testing and information needed on chemical contamination near Ohakea, lawyer says.

There's a huge hole in our defence strategy and "we will be hit".

Decision was made despite Trump directing space agency to focus on a return to the moon.

The endless energy children seem to have is the subject of a new study

Could op-eds like those in this newspaper change you long-term view on certain issues?

Sir David Attenborough wants NZ and Oz to document all species before it's too late.

Urine from 4.8m dairy cows putting 200 tonnes of leached nitrogen into groundwater daily.

Anti-vaxxers have similar ideas of being persecuted as conspiracy theorists, study finds.

A Kiwi company's novel anti-ageing drug could play a big role in preventing heart disease.

Kiwis cite everything from cash savings to Donald Trump in explaining their switch to EVs.

Aliens, seals or a portal to another dimension... what are these circles in Arctic ice?

People can help save the Waitakere Ranges' dieback-threatened kauri - by avoiding them.

Sewage analysis offering valuable insights into drug use, disease and obesity by region.

Experts have called for a new unit to oversee government-run AI predictive tools.

Aurora Australis Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members around the world.

A tribe has evolved larger spleens to allow them to catch fish more than 60m under water.

A travelling exhibition of preserved human remains has arrived in New Zealand.

COMMENT: Many species could possibly pick up earthquake warnings that humans can't.

Smartphones are now an integral part of our lives. They're also addictive and harmful.

Scientists have made unexpected discoveries about Antarctica's best-known residents.

Researchers say we need to find out which communities will be worst hit by climate change.

Melting glacial ice sheets make the ocean's surface layer less salty and more buoyant.

Kiwi scientists say they might have just found a missing piece of the infertility puzzle.

Scientists simulate the moa's gut to cast doubt on key assumption about the extinct bird.

Scientists have described a baleen whale that roamed our waters 27.5 million years ago.

COMMENT: Scientific research now faces tests of cultural acceptability.